by Andrew Macmillan | Dec 6, 2022 | News
So many new things are being announced at the moment and this one is important. The Department for Work and Pensions has published its annual rate increases for 2023/2024. The rate for statutory maternity, paternity, adoption, shared parental and parental bereavement...
by Andrew Macmillan | Dec 5, 2022 | News
The government has published its response to last year’s consultation on updating flexible working laws. Here is a summary of its response: the right to request flexible working will become a Day One right (it is currently only available to employees with 26...
by Andrew Macmillan | Dec 5, 2022 | News
Could requiring a disabled employee to attend a redundancy selection interview amount to a substantial disadvantage under The Equality Act? Yes, held the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in the recent case of Hilaire v Luton Borough Council. The first tribunal had...
by Andrew Macmillan | Nov 27, 2022 | News
Is the parties’ intention as to employment status determinative of the question? No, held the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in the case of Richards v Waterfield Homes Ltd and Unity Build & Repairs Ltd. The original tribunal had concluded that the Claimant was...
by Andrew Macmillan | Nov 21, 2022 | News
Opposition parties, including both Labour and the SNP, will tomorrow table amendments to the Bill during the committee debate in the House of Commons. As it stands, the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Bill will automatically repeal any retained EU law so that...
by Andrew Macmillan | Nov 18, 2022 | News
As if we didn’t already have enough to worry about! The Chancellor of the Exchequer has just announced a whole raft of new measures in his Autumn budget statement but one that particularly caught our eye was that the UK minimum wage for people over 23 will...
by Andrew Macmillan | Nov 16, 2022 | News
Government U-turns on cancelling IR35 off payroll rules Only a month or so ago, the government announced that it would repeal the IR35 off payroll rules from the start of the new tax year in April 2023. But those plans have now been scrapped by the new chancellor,...
by Andrew Macmillan | Nov 7, 2022 | News
It has been announced that there will be an extra bank holiday in 2023. This will fall on Monday 8 May to mark the coronation of King Charles III two days earlier. Employers are certainly getting used to having to plan for extra bank holidays but please do contact us...
by Andrew Macmillan | Nov 2, 2022 | News
Can an employment tribunal rectify a contract? Probably not, held the Court of Appeal in the case of Nexus v RMT and Unite the Union, but it can decide whether a contract could in principle be rectified. This is the latest case in the long running litigation relating...
by Andrew Macmillan | Oct 26, 2022 | News
Can a settlement agreement compromise a discrimination claim that has not yet arisen? No, held the Employment Appeal Tribunal (EAT) in the case of Bathgate v Technip UK Ltd and others. The Claimant had accepted voluntary redundancy that was formalised in a settlement...
